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Lake Evans is a manmade recreational lake in Kern County, California.It is the smaller of two lakes in the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area southwest of Bakersfield.The lake is primarily a sailing and fishing lake, with a speed limit of 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h).
Bakersfield: 24: Walker Pass: Walker Pass: October 15, 1966 : 60 mi. NE of Bakersfield on CA 178: Bakersfield: 25: Wasco Union High School Auditorium: Wasco Union High School Auditorium: September 30, 1997 : 1900 Seventh St.
Kern River County Park is a large recreation facility located just north of Bakersfield, California. The facility is 1,012 acres (4.10 km 2), and includes a park, zoo, golf course, and other amenities. [1] The complex is served by Alfred Harrell Highway. The segment to the west of the park was built as a 4-lane local freeway.
Lake Webb is a manmade recreational lake in Kern County, California. It is primarily a motorboat, jet skiing, and waterskiing lake. It is one of two lakes that are part of the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area southwest of Bakersfield. [1] The lake is located on the lakebed of the former Buena Vista Lake.
The Bakersfield group Bring Back the Kern sent a letter to the state requesting that the Water Board direct its Administrative Hearing Officer to include several public trust questions. The group also referenced California Fish and Wildlife Code 5937, which mandates that dam owners must allow enough water into rivers to sustain a fishery.
Buena Vista Lake was a fresh-water lake in Kern County, California, in the Tulare Lake Basin in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California. Buena Vista Lake was the second largest of several similar lakes in the Tulare Lake basin, and was fed by the waters of the Kern River .
During the late 1940s and early 1950s, additional land was purchased east of Hart Park. This would quadruple the size from 370 to 1,012 acres (150 to 410 ha) (although the new land was not then considered part of Hart Park). Called the Kern River County Park, the land would contain a motorboat lake, golf course, and campgrounds.
The Kern River Valley has a thriving tourism and outdoor recreation industry centered around its lake, rivers, and mountains. Camping, hunting and fishing are popular activities, as are white water rafting, boating, and other water sports. During wintertime, snow sports are possible in the surrounding Sierra Nevada mountains.